'Radioactive' Drone Lands at Japanese Prime Minister's Office

The protest UAV visit seems timed to the restart of Japan's nuclear plants

Earlier today a drone bearing the notorious radioactivity symbol landed at the office of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. In truth, the drone carried just a water bottle and a flare, and showed only traces amounts of radiation, not enough to hurt anybody. But the drone also carried a message, as today a Japanese court approved the restart of some nuclear power facilities that had laid dormant since the 2011 Fukushima disaster. Says The Verge:

All 48 of the country's facilities are currently offline, having been slowly shut down in the wake of 2011's Fukushima disaster. Abe's government has pushed for them to be brought back online, but has faced opposition from citizens, thousands of whom have turned out to rally against the plans.

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The 50-inch drone landed on the roof of Abe's office in central Tokyo. The prime minister himself was not there at the time.